Have you noticed some players will wipe the palm of their hands on the rail and on the bed of the cloth? This seems so obviously wrong to me. Does this get under your skin?
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Yes, but I don't even like when players buff the chalk marks off on the rail cloth.
It was not more then a couple of weeks ago I was watching a stream and saw one of the most respected players in the game drill his shaft into the carpet to clean the chalk off before putting his cue away.
If your needing to clean your palms you should do it in where the balls get racked that way you could pretend to be scrubbing the cloth to get a tighter rack
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It was not more then a couple of weeks ago I was watching a stream and saw one of the most respected players in the game drill his shaft into the carpet to clean the chalk off before putting his cue away
.If your needing to clean your palms you should do it in where the balls get racked that way you could pretend to be scrubbing the cloth to get a tighter rack
.
Just yesterday I was watching a match on YouTube between Strickland and Pagulayan.
At one point Alex rubs the palm of his hand on the rail and Earl tells him not to do that.
I think the commentator said something about the oil we give off affecting the play of the table/rails.
At one point Alex rubs the palm of his hand on the rail and Earl tells him not to do that.
I think the commentator said something about the oil we give off affecting the play of the table/rails.
I dont get it?
Wiping the chalk off your tip on the floor, ok thats cool, the floor is dirty anyway...., but burnishing your tip on the rails is really strange to me. I was playing a guy and started doing that..,
I offered him my burnisher and he said, no thanks this is a better way of doing it??? ahhhhh, ok???
Wiping the chalk off your tip on the floor, ok thats cool, the floor is dirty anyway...., but burnishing your tip on the rails is really strange to me. I was playing a guy and started doing that..,
I offered him my burnisher and he said, no thanks this is a better way of doing it??? ahhhhh, ok???
It's a pretty old school trick... just remember to wipe your face or run your hand thru your hair first before rubbing the rail in front of the pocket..... There are no oil glands in our hands.........
I see guys wipe the tip off on the carpet before stowing their cue but personally I get a napkin from the counter to clean my tip and I can wipe the ferrule clean too. I suppose it's OK if you wouldn't mind someone doing it on your own living room carpet.
pfft to wiping off the chalk... The bottom of my Justis does a fine job of that... It's so good at it I never seem to even have a speck of chalk left on my jump cue's tip when I go to pull it out.......
Yes that is an old trick. Another old one is to wet/dampen 1/3 of your towel with water. When you wipe the table top down let the wet part of the towel rub each rail by the pocket. When the guy hits the rail a little before the pocket he would think he was playing on the table of the future... a Diamond. Johnnyt
Wiping hands on table
Thank you Guapo for addressing the question of the post. lol
Thank you Guapo for addressing the question of the post. lol
Yup.. Pretty disgustingHave you noticed some players will wipe the palm of their hands on the rail and on the bed of the cloth? This seems so obviously wrong to me. Does this get under your skin?
Easy to wash your hands, not so easy to wash a pool table
Yes, but I don't even like when players buff the chalk marks off on the rail cloth.
It was not more then a couple of weeks ago I was watching a stream and saw one of the most respected players in the game drill his shaft into the carpet to clean the chalk off before putting his cue away
If your needing to clean your palms you should do it in where the balls get racked that way you could pretend to be scrubbing the cloth to get a tighter rack
That was Ralf Souquet, wasn't it? I saw that too! Personally, I use my towel...I use a small corner to wipe off the excess chalk from the tip before stowing the cue, one rough side of the towel for cleaning chalk off my hands and cleaning the cueball between racks and the smooth side for wiping my shaft...throw it in the laundry at the end of the week and grap another (microfiber) off the shelf and continue on...
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The topic should be washing hands. I've gone so far as printing signs for the bathroom doors reading.
Attention Everyone! Did You Wash Tour Hands? I'll spare you the details.
Needless to say I don't shake everyones hands. I carry wipes.
It's not confined to the mens room BTW. Secondhand information, pun unintended.
Attention Everyone! Did You Wash Tour Hands? I'll spare you the details.
Needless to say I don't shake everyones hands. I carry wipes.
It's not confined to the mens room BTW. Secondhand information, pun unintended.
Yes it was! It looked like he reached under the table to find a clean spot of carpet to do the deed LOL. I keep three small towels in my case, one for the tip chalk, one to wipe down the shaft now and then and one for my hands.
Wiping your hands on the table is so appealing to watch. What happened to the towel shark? This under estimated distraction move while your opponent is lining up on their shot is an art form. You can vigorously wipe your shaft in spasmodic motions and be a continuous human windmill as you place your towel neatly folded on your table...rearranging all the stuff you have there to make room for it.
Wiping your forehead and flicking the towel slightly before you wipe your hands affords a deadly blow to anyone's PSR. I often thought I should develop the long pause like Buddy to torture my tormentors. They would have to really work to get my timing down.
So don't use the table. Get a white towel. Don Feeney was the master of this when he was stuck. I called it raising the white flag of surrender.
Best,
Mike
Wiping your forehead and flicking the towel slightly before you wipe your hands affords a deadly blow to anyone's PSR. I often thought I should develop the long pause like Buddy to torture my tormentors. They would have to really work to get my timing down.
So don't use the table. Get a white towel. Don Feeney was the master of this when he was stuck. I called it raising the white flag of surrender.
Best,
Mike
Have you noticed some players will wipe the palm of their hands on the rail and on the bed of the cloth? This seems so obviously wrong to me. Does this get under your skin?
Here's how you stop that:
1. Get a nice big wad of coarse steel wool -- like the type used to prep raw steel to remove rust before applying red-lead primer.
2. Using gloves, and when that person is not present, hold the wad of steel wool over the table, and "crumple" it vigorously in your hands, waving it over the table -- over the rails and the cloth bed.
3. Watch what happens when that person tries to wipe his/her hands on the rail or the cloth (especially the cloth). Instant steel wool "splinters," that are difficult to remove (very hard to see, unless you have a magnifying glass), and very, VERY annoying!
I guarantee you that person will never do that again!
Mwah ha ha ha,
-Sean
Wrong
It is wrong but I try to make a point of not letting anything get under my skin while playing. Sure you see this person doing it but how many more have done it that you never see. Something beyond your control shouldn't bother you.
About what has became a subtopic of this thread, I find it ridiculous that people clean their tips on a filthy carpet that has who knows what trampled into it. I want to clean my tip not put a layer of dirt, spittle, and lord knows what on it!
My solution to both problems is the same. After drying my hands in the bathroom I bring the damp paper towel and a dry one to my table. I wipe down the rails with the damp one, not the cushions
, and keep the dry one for wiping my hands and eventually cleaning the chalk off my cue tip.
Hu
Have you noticed some players will wipe the palm of their hands on the rail and on the bed of the cloth? This seems so obviously wrong to me. Does this get under your skin?
It is wrong but I try to make a point of not letting anything get under my skin while playing. Sure you see this person doing it but how many more have done it that you never see. Something beyond your control shouldn't bother you.
About what has became a subtopic of this thread, I find it ridiculous that people clean their tips on a filthy carpet that has who knows what trampled into it. I want to clean my tip not put a layer of dirt, spittle, and lord knows what on it!
My solution to both problems is the same. After drying my hands in the bathroom I bring the damp paper towel and a dry one to my table. I wipe down the rails with the damp one, not the cushions
, and keep the dry one for wiping my hands and eventually cleaning the chalk off my cue tip.Hu